Got me UGLY CRYING | Hunter x Hunter Episode 135 Reaction

[@poweredbyrice129]

the fact that Netero died like an ant, sacrificing himself for his colony of humans. And Meruem died like a human, spending his final moments with the one he most loved.

[@Teddy_Gautier]

Just another one of the many parallels in this masterpiece of an ark. This is the best arc in fiction for me. Absolute perfection. This ending broke me

[@bradleybarnett1469]

​@Teddy_Gautier I like it, but it's always sorts thrown me how people see this as better than any other. Maybe I'm just a filthy casual lol

[@DanielDem87]

Western enlightenment killed the tribal nature of humans and replaced it with individualism. Millions of people have sacrificed their lives for their tribe and that will continue forever, the ants do because of instinct, they dont have any other choice. Humans do it partially because of instinct but also out of love, sense of duty etc.

[@ppokll8524]

​@@bradleybarnett1469If you only enjoy action,sure. But in terms of details,conplexity and such,nothing even slightly compares

[@guilhermezmzm]

@@Teddy_Gautier Gonna be honest i loved the end, but i think thiis ark was the reason the anime ended, so boring.

[@ferdz6510]

Don’t worry Yay, this episode had us all fucked up😭 Meruem is the greatest anime antagonist in history. His arc with Komugi was so beautifully written that it’s too hard not to tear up when watching this episode.

[@YayReacts]

It totally made me forgot all the bad stuff he did at the beginning! 🤯

[@adius256]

@@YayReacts well he was emotionally basically a toddler then, so it's kind of a weird case, ethically speaking (he doesn't seem to have inherited the personality of any particular person, he's like a blank slate with a vague idea of his purpose as a chimera ant king). As Chimera Ants go, his crimes are relatively less, lol

[@SOA_yt]

@@adius256 Fans often compare his age to human age, even though he isn't human. Just the fact that he was born out of his mother's womb with a full mental capacity of an adult, doesn't compare to a toddler. He literally told his mom to shut up while he was still a "fetus". Just like dogs can give birth at an "infant" age of 1 year old. He's a full grown adult if we're talking on human terms.

[@sultanprawiro3069]

for me ,both Meruem and gon are the protagonist in this arc

[@thetruesquad5059]

I mean... I didnt tear up

[@neochris2]

We ALL cried in this episode. It's just amazing.

[@TamagoSenshi]

Meruem's arc is so good that I feel like it's one of those things you have to rewatch with the full context of where it's going

[@sultanprawiro3069]

yeah,like steins;gate

[@Admilly101]

Agreed- I have watched that scene over and over, and I tear up- but I recently rewatched the whole show and oh my god. Tears

[@prestonsill674]

And the fact it’s quite literally an exact reversal of Gon’s arc just adds seven cherries right on top.

[@ratthapol249]

It's love without saying a word "Love" at all. Now thinking back when Komugi was introduced by the narrator, "the King has no idea how she's gonna effect his fate." And hell yeah, she is the reason why the separation from the King and Royal Guards was possible, she is the reason why the mission was successful, she is the reason why the King became Meruem and being alive for real, and she is also the reason why Meruem died with love. The first time when I watched this, it's affect my mind and stayed in my head for a whole month. Some people for over a week. It's okay to feel this way 🥰

[@thetruesquad5059]

If they were all together netero just had to get the hunters away and coulda just blown all of the ants up Although tbf how he would get komugi and those millions of humans away i don't know

[@wesleyoverby5756]

@@thetruesquad5059so he wouldve just killed himself? Unlikely

[@thetruesquad5059]

​@@wesleyoverby5756if he had to why wouldn't he, what would have been the difference, it is the only way he could beat the king anyway

[@Dell-ol6hb]

@@thetruesquad5059 because the whole point of him being there in the first place is to fight the king himself, the nuke was just backup in case he couldn't beat the king. Netero had been looking for an opponent like the king his entire life

[@ratthapol249]

THE GENIUS ANALYSIS AND CONCLUSION from the guy called "Guy Bruh" here, READ IT PLEASE, it's worthy of your precious time. Guy Bruh: Kokoriko is an advanced Gungi technique invented by Komugi that centers around isolating the King (as in the Gungi piece, not the Chimera Ant King, obviously), separating it from the other pieces and killing it off. Just like Netero and the Hunters were planning to do to Meruem. However, Komugi unexpectedly develops a counter to this technique in the middle of a game, meaning that the King piece (representing Meruem) no longer has to die (since he unexpectedly survived the nuke, Miniature Rose). Then, later on, when Komugi uses Kokoriko again, she actually develops a counter to the counter ("she reversed my reversal???"), representing that the King piece (Meruem) apparently actually does have to die after all (because of the Miniature Rose's poison). However, immediately after beating Meruem using Kokoriko (symbolizing his imminent death), Komugi and Meruem start one final game together, a game that they never finish. Immediately afterwards, they die together, leaving on the board Meruem's one black piece and Komugi's single white piece, together in Gungi forever. This represents that the two were always united through Gungi, and will continue to be together even after death, undisturbed and united for all eternity. Meruem places his piece down, symbolizing his death, and then Komugi responds by placing her piece down next to his, showing that she is perfectly willing to die at his side. The black screen where we could only see Meruem's "aura particles" and everything else was dark shows that the Rose's poison has made Meruem go blind. That's why he has to keep asking Komugi if she's still there, because he can't see her anymore (honestly, it broke my heart everytime he asked her that). This is ironic because his name means "the light that illuminates/shines upon all". In addition, as they are playing in the bunker before their deaths, Meruem sees a blinding light radiating from Komugi as she "reverses his reversal", making her "the light that illuminates even the all-powerful light". Despite being far weaker (and ironically blind as well), her light shined far brighter than his. Then, as he dies, Komugi holds him and feels his face, allowing her to finally "see" or know what his face is like. Thus, as they die, Meruem joins Komugi in blindness as she joins him in death. Meruem can finally see what Komugi has been seeing all along, and knows what it feels like to be blind like her, and Komugi finally knows his face, allowing each to understand the other more as they fade away. Even the OST that played during their death scene means "Understanding". Touching, isn't it? Togashi really is a mastermind, and this entire story, especially this arc, is a beautiful work of art. Depicting love, hatred, innocence, corruption, happiness, suffering, loyalty, betrayal, anger, sadness, life, death, malevolence, destruction, resolve, determination, avarice, sacrifice, "true" power, truth, and understanding. Like seriously I already thought Hunter x Hunter to be an excellently written Anime but still I expected nothing of whatever happened in this arc, I was in awe with my mouth open wide after it ended. I was like "is it the same anime!?". aminoapps.com/c/anime/page/blog/the-true-meaning-behind-meruem-and-komugis-final-gungi-game/2gtN_uxR5g3j53RgGn1agqneK1EZmq

[@theCommentDevil]

I have bawled to this episode more than once. Truly beautiful and heartbreaking

[@erict1628]

Now you know why so many fans consider Chimera Ant arc one of the best arcs in anime history, arguably the best. The emotional roller coaster in this arc is unreal.

[@louayker4249]

Easily the best arc in anime history. Only Togashi himself finishing the Dark Continent arc can top the Chimera ant arc.

[@bakerstreet7050]

To me it's probably the most boring of HxH, luckily we have Some good part with Meruem and Komugi

[@tiotemenas6533]

@@bakerstreet7050 agreed, the start of this arc was boring, but at the end it got better

[@rangerscoach]

wow i saw this got posted and got out of bed to watch it straight away. i think this is the height of storytelling. its a redemption arc. no one seems to remember the king offed a little girl and ate her brains. thats because we understand a lion, a wolf or a tiger. he isnt judged by who he was we love him because of who he became. had he survived im not too sure he wouldnt have just gone and opened a coffee shop somewhere. he chooses in the end to be one of us. he says he didnt know what was important and when he figures it out he learns gratitude, like netero, the underlying theme of the chimera ant saga.

[@YayReacts]

Did not expect his redemption to had hit me the way that it did, such great storytelling!!

[@rangerscoach]

@@YayReacts totally! I lost a grandma recently. I’ve been to sad funerals before but I think it was the first time I’d been to a funeral full of people and thought wow there is this room just completely full of her close family. I don’t know when my grandma figured out that life is something to be grateful for. It’s hard with all the negativity we see every day to realise that we can discard a lot of it and just be thankful for the people around us. Given Togashis health issues I imagine he has a keen understanding of just how precious this time is. Most of us will never change the world but we can change a single day in the life of a friend for the better and that’s a superpower. I really want him to come out of hiatus and finish hunter x Hunter. But if he never does I like to think he’s playing board games with his wife

[@weirdguy4948]

I love the balance between animal and human instincts in this show. The ants are as bad as the humans, and thus humans are like beasts themselves.

[@rafaeljoseification]

No matter how many times I see this, I always cry...and a lot.

[@jamesgonzales9180]

You are probably the 11th person I have seen watch this show and i still cant help but cry at the end thanks for the vid you got a new subscriber.

[@riri2887]

same here

[@bradleycoates6297]

This is the episode I look forward to the most when watching reactions. For most people it's simply emotionally overwhelming, myself included. Cool details to mention, sadness warning... Meruem keeps asking if Komugi is there because the poison has caused him to go blind, while he's also experiencing delirium. At the beginning of the episode, when Meruem tells Komugi his name, Komugi calls him "Meruem-sama", with the honorific "-sama". Meruem responds by saying honorific's aren't necessary, just Meruem will do, she disagrees and says that there's simply no way she could be that personal with him, since he's the king and all. At the end, Meruem says "could you call me by my name one last time..." Komugi responds with "Goodnight, Meruem..." This time, without the honorific.

[@trafalgarlaw8373]

Yeah, we too watched the episode.

[@gilgamesh8531]

I bawled first time...and every succeeding time

[@BensReasons]

girl i was SOBBBBBING when this scene first came up i was inconsolable so i felt this

[@donnieldelim]

She really did the laughing crying Pedro Pascal meme, don't worry I feel the same way though

[@blissx7556]

Thanks for letting the tears flow.

[@kieran2king]

I've seen this anime like 3 times now and there are several scenes/episodes that still get the tears rolling. The writing and characters are just fantastic, every Shonen writer wishes they could make storylines and characters as compelling as HxH.

[@jaimerojas6578]

I cried so much the first time I watched this, such a good show.

[@BlackButterEnt]

JJK was sad but this just hits different. This one had me messed up too.

[@norikoma4661]

What is surprising is the complete link between the movement of Gungi's pieces and the progress of the Chimera Ant season of the story. This is why the original author, Yoshihiro Togashi, is called a genius.

[@JasperAyeee]

Togashi-sensei at his finest 😭

[@yonasco14]

Leave it to this masterpiece of storytelling to make all of us cry for the death of a character who, only days before this episode, ate a young girl's brain

[@sum1s0mewhere]

The episode 💔 The ending theme 🤡 Anime kinda turned me into a sadist, I always look forward to people react to these type of episodes. But I was also in my feels the first time I watched it so

[@SweetestTaboo_]

What an incredible ending, so unexpected and moving 😭

[@LoXHumaN]

I bawled my eyes out first few times I saw this episode. Such amazing storytelling and character building.

[@davidsousa972]

Its amazing that the criator wanted to show through that arc that the most terrifying monster can get humanize with some kind influence, and the kindest kid (like Gon) can become the most terrible monster when pushed to it... Nice reacting, keep up at it!

[@DeversonBasilio]

I didn't know you but don't worry about your tears. I watched this episode almost a hundred times (between my watch and reactions) and I'm still sobbing

[@dictatorshipoverdemocracy]

Yay: It did end on me! 7:37 Me: Oh it ain't over...

[@Candyman435]

I love your reactions! One of the few genuine youtubers i actually enjoy watching. ❤❤❤ too ya sister!

[@YayReacts]

Thank you so much!! ❤️

[@louayker4249]

You are witnessing here the peak of human creativity. GOAT of anime.

[@masterpiece885]

When meruem kept asking komugi if she is there, is because he lost his sight and became blind like komugi not just because his tired.

[@samidare7310]

Meruems character development is just so good. If not the best in anime history.

[@leonardoalmeida152]

I was so invested in this when i first whatched that after this episode i couldnt whatch anything else for days. Togashi is ridiculous 🤯

[@swagflame7972]

i feel this towel at the end. need that every time in so many anime. but HxH did it different. i tear up every time

[@JukeboxSymphony]

the only thing that made me cry harder than the king and komugi was the little bug girl meeting her mom again im ngl LOL

[@sandbun7348]

Welcome to the other side. If you didn't before, now you understand why fans are so fanatical about this series. Some people beat me to various other aspects of this episode, but one I haven't seen people mention yet with the last match before the credits, Komugi is using the move she once referred to her child, which she previously had to kill but found a way to resurrect here and still be a working strategy. And her comment after learning about the poison - 'though I may not be worthy, allow me to go with you' is a traditional proposal acceptance in Japan. So she symbolically married and had a child with Meruem. Way to get it girl! A character that absolutely shouldn't work - she spends half her time playing a game, and the other half knocked unconscious. But somehow works amazingly. Love her.

[@LatrelOwNeR]

Kokoriko is an advanced Gungi technique developed by Komugi that focuses on isolating the King (the Gungi piece, not the Chimera Ant), separating it from the other pieces and killing it, just as Netero and the Hunters were planning to do with Meruem. However, Komugi unexpectedly develops a technique to counterattack it in the middle of a game, which means that the King's piece (representing Meruem) would no longer have to die (since it unexpectedly survived the nuclear bomb). Then, later on, when Komugi uses Kokoriko again, she develops a "counter attack to the counter attack" ("That move... It actually found a way out!"), representing the King's piece (Meruem), which apparently has to die in the end (because of Rose's poison). However, immediately after defeating Meruem using Kokoriko (symbolizing his imminent death), Komugi and Meruem begin an endgame together, a game they never finish. 1-5-1 Black King -> 9-5-1 White Lieutenant General, I believe, or something to that effect. Immediately afterwards, they die together, leaving Meruem's only black piece and Komugi's only white piece on the board, together in Gungi forever. This represents that the two have always been united through Gungi, and will continue to be together even after death, undisturbed and united for all eternity. Meruem places his piece on the ground, symbolizing his death, and then Komugi responds by placing her piece next to his, showing that she is perfectly willing to die by his side... The expression "Maybe I'm not worthy, but allow me to go with you" is an old Japanese idiom that Japanese women used to use to accept marriages, but since in their case it wasn't really a marriage, it shows their desire to have an intimate connection by wanting to die holding his hand. The black screen/black panels in the manga show that Rose's poison has made Meruem go blind. That's why he has to keep asking Komugi if she's still there, because he can no longer see her. This is ironic because his name means "the light that illuminates/shines on everyone". He even obtained some photon powers related to God's light before his death, allowing him to fulfill the purpose of his name. What's more, as they play in the bunker before his death, Meruem sees a blinding light radiating from Komugi as she "reverses her reversal", making her "the light that illuminates even the all-powerful light". Despite being much weaker (and blind to life), her light shone much brighter than his. So, when he dies, Komugi holds him and feels his head, allowing him to finally "see" or know what his face looks like. So when they die, Meruem joins Komugi in blindness, while she joins him in death. Meruem can finally see what Komugi has always seen, and knows what it's like to be blind like her, and Komugi finally knows her face, allowing each to better understand the other as they disappear (the soundtrack used during their death scene is called "Understanding").

[@michaelshaw8778]

Was the same for me. Watching gon lose it had the same effect. It says a lot about an anime, or any story, that can create such emotion from the death of a villan. Masterpiece.

[@erelix7029]

I relate to you so much. I cried since minute one and I couldn't stop

[@DerekKildall]

" im already emotional because of jjk " so real hahahahaha

[@Cryptone28]

OK, so first of all, great reaction. When you said you weren't prepared, I literally wanted to jump through the screen to say that no you're definitely not lol I think many of us went into this episode feeling confused about our feelings for Meruem, but by the end of the ep it was clear that we were all completely torn apart by our own feelings for him. This episode absolutely destroyed me my first time watching, and I ugly cried for another 45 minutes after, then watched it again and did it all over again lol and still do cry watching reaction videos to it like right now🤦🏾‍♂️😂

[@airwaybill9212]

Meruem kept saying "Komugi" Because of the poison, his vision turned to black. So he cannot see anymore. As you can see in the last part, the display turned black and only a tiny light appeared.

[@あぼーん-j8p]

強く儚く、とても悲しいからこそ美しい

[@Neji513]

saw the thumbnail, had to come watch lol

[@motorheadbanger90]

I finished this episode two weeks ago. Meruem is the ONLY anime "villain" i've ever expressed emotion for when he died. I've never seen an anime antagonists life end the way Meruems did, and I've seen a LOT of anime. Who's cutting onions in here!!!

[@helmtk4562]

Great reaction to what in my opinion was the best episode of anything I’ve ever watched

[@draspen]

People don't realize that Komugi was nen user, she was leveling up every time Meruem gets better. So basically, she was always 10 steps ahead of Meruem, she was the best at this board game and she realized that there's no point to it and decided to die with Meruem. She basically had nothing except this board game, and playing with Meruem was the happiest days of her life. Going back to the normal life would be pointless.

[@Garvant_]

To this day i cry over this episode it will never not work on me

[@strifewins6792]

At 4:45 the guy on the porch was the real Diaego the president of that country, the one that was ruling and was killed was a body double the real one was already well into retirement.

[@brolybroncile6283]

I felt the same way...

[@shyguy9833]

🫂 it’s okay This finale solidified meruem as one of the best written villains in anime From a ruthless monster to learning what it means to be human Amazing character development

[@Vaibhavgangwar2mm]

So that preview for next episode with that ost makes everyone chuckle 😂😂 I was a mess too untill that preview, such a mess that I I didn't notice the ending first time

[@StorieswithBilly]

Damn that's rough, getting emotionally WRECKED by both JJK and HxH in the same day. I feel ya, that's tough. I needed time to decompress after this episode when I first watched it

[@aceofspade2120]

That's something that's always tough, watching multiple shows and getting two heavy episodes back to back

[@YayReacts]

Usually I’m able to complete 4-5 episodes on my recording days but after that day just those 2 were enough lol

[@aceofspade2120]

One day I plan to start doing reactions, but sometimes it's gonna be tough when a couple of heavy episodes hit al at once@@YayReacts

[@JT1698]

"I'll be joining you...soon" **BA DA DA DA DAAAAA** **DA DA DA DA DA DAAAAAA**

[@aj5118]

9:07 Although Komugi's statement is translated as "I'll always be here.", I think "I'll always be with you" is more correct.

[@sub.sa.3058]

The slight change in the King was empathy, instead of only seeing at himself, after his fight with Netero, and remembering his time with Komugi, he realized that other people and living beings have their own views, that they also, like him, have aspirations, desires and see themselves as the protagonists of their own stories. That made him see that others outside his circle also matter. We saw glimpses of that with the Komugi scenes, but back then he didn't fully understand it. Only after Netero showed him how smart humans can be against what seem like impossible odds that he realized that just because he is more powerful, doesn't necessarily mean he's better than others. And after this, he realized that what he actually wanted was being with Komugi, that the whole King thing was thrown to him by everyone else. His guards taught him true loyalty, learning his name gave him identity, spending time with Komugi taught him love and empathy, and his fight with Netero taught him fear and respect for others and that being the strongest doesn't always mean you're better if you use that strength to destroy others for no reason other than domination for domination sake. These things are what sparked that big change in him. Great stuff indeed

[@ជួងសុវណ្ណគីរីរាជ្យ]

This anime already make me cry why you make me cry more

[@shyguy9533]

hahahahahaha im not ready! watches it five more times in complete and still isnt ready

[@iulianhostiuc2391]

as a guy i did cry aswell on this, so dont you worry

[@younesuchiha5520]

welcome to the club ' YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE READY! OH IN YOUR DREAMS'

[@LMironono]

This one drove all the way through me

[@5thgen691]

Meruem became the most human..

[@sukisitas]

I hate with all of my heart people trying to put morals on the ants, everyone on this show is a murderer, everyone has done crimes, the hunters were not against meruem and the ants because they were killing, it was because they were a danger to humanity, a battle of species, it just feels so wrong to love and care for killua and then seeing this scenes from meruem and still thinking oh but he is a murderer, at the end of the day this arc is all about showing us how even giant ants can become humans, they can feel and be capable of love in such a short time while humans can live like monsters and do more horrible things through the years, humans are from the beginning the cruel thing here, and i find so beautiful that the end of meruem was in the arms of the girl he loved while netero died alone from one of the most horrible things humans have done, just that parallel tells you all about this arc PD: loved your reaction, thank you for showing how deeply you felt this episode, this is for me the best episode in anime and the most precious scene

[@hikari9433]

The bet for their last game was that if he won, Komugi would start addressing him without honorific. All throughout the game she kept calling him Meruem-Sama but at the end she said "Good night Meruem" hinting that he might have finally won a game right before he died.

[@Sweet_Venom0027]

She did say that if she ever lost a game she would willingly die.

[@93hothead]

meruem went through all stages in life

[@UwUBadCook]

:) I love your reaction! Haha I was destroyed after watching this episode too.

[@SanOcelotl]

the ending music always gets me lol

[@YayReacts]

As if they didn’t just show us the most depressing episode in all anime history 😆

[@Bashir000]

my only issue with this episode...give me time to be depressed

[@scienceproducts439]

Idk why but watch u cry awake something in me 😶😶

[@maheshthakuri3339]

M rewatching again😢

[@indie_7754]

Peak of storytelling... Nothing else to say😭

[@nickfoon]

not this and the jjk episode, u got hit hard 😭

[@NickEclipse]

Nooooooo dont cry lil yay😭😭 but i can’t blame you at all😭😭

[@Konniciha]

this is beautiful episode

[@vulcanbjorn]

when Meruem kept asking Komugi if she was there because the poison took his eye sight away and he became blind like Komugi, and as for the ending of the king and the two royal guards dying from the lingering poison I think that was a really good way to show the "Human Potential For Evolution Is Limitless."- Isaac Netero, kind of refers that through science and technology humans will find a way to come out on top.

[@Houdm]

its a terrible day for rain.

[@mmbmmbmmb]

im never gonna forgive who ever had this idea of putting that ending , like shouldve put something somber

[@WilliamPereira-lg1gk]

O anime acabou nesse arco pra mim, não tive coragem de contínuar mais nada,pois pra mim esse já foi o final épico que eu merecia e estava esperando a minha vida inteira,beirando meus 40 anos,fui as lágrimas sem querer chorar,e depois de 1 hora ainda não conseguia me convencer de que acabei de presenciar o momento mais controverso, romântico e triste de todos os animes,fenomenal e espetacular.

[@tsuubasaa----]

日本人です。まさか敵のボスが死んで泣くと思いませんよね？😂僕もこの儚くも美しいこの話に凄く泣きました。

[@StargazerMCHB]

Chimera Ant arc a.k.a. Romance arc

[@gotmilk1331]

Day 1 of asking Yay to watch Classroom of The Elite. P.s the reason he kept asking if she was there is because he was going blind due to the poison. The twinkling dust that he used to locate palm was the only thing he could use to see around him now, but as you saw, he only had like a few dust particles left so he couldn’t really see much.

[@samuelavetisyan1062]

this breaks me every time i see it

[@joseluislefinaogomez9113]

You cried, i cried, we all cried. But now i cried worst cause i watched you crying ugly 😢😢 :c

[@23Raymond22]

Hi Yay. Ray here. Its truely the first time i see you so emotional.. I hope you are okay❤. Also.. did you know, TYE S3 starts next year as well.. Really excited for that. ❤❤❤ Ray.

[@YayReacts]

Hey Ray thank you I appreciate that! I tried looking it up this morning but it seems there not an official date still right? Either way can’t wait for it 😁

[@23Raymond22]

@@YayReacts it said Summer 2024.. no official date yet☹.

[@estebanr1807]

I críed too hahaah

[@kelianperez3142]

Maravillos, que obra de arte

[@daniiieru717]

No one is ever ready for this episode 😢

[@M4VTCNH2]

♥

[@felphero]

It's bizarre how a story between an ant abomination that eats childrens brains and a blind urchin literally makes for a better love story than lots of romances

[@blastencove8785]

I thought i was a bitch for crying. I didn't even know why at the time. Him checking on her. Over and over again. Then... yea.

[@bryantmartinez3471]

❤️

[@jerkwater407]

135 is ugly but best ever.

[@greedislandaccompanyon8812]

You Sad or Laugh???🤣 8:35

[@kumonopanya]

良いリアクションだった。

[@kami0x0]

best anime

[@juanmoran5903]

I told you previous episodes but, you know what ? There are more emotional episodes 😢

[@YayReacts]

Honestly doubt I’ll get as emotional as I did with this 😅

[@KiranKumar-ih2ze]

Copy pasted comment Moves they play in Gungi signifies more in-depth meaning, read this if you want to cry more: Kokoriko is an advanced Gungi technique developed by Komugi that centers around isolating the King (as in the Gungi piece, not the Chimera Ant), separating it from the other pieces and killing it off. Just like Netero and the Hunters were planning to do to Meruem. However, Komugi unexpectedly develops a counter to this technique in the middle of a game, meaning that the King piece (representing Meruem) no longer has to die (since he unexpectedly survived the nuke). Then, later on, when Komugi uses Kokoriko again, she actually develops a counter to the counter ("she reversed my reversal???"), representing that the King piece (Meruem) apparently actually does have to die after all (because of the Rose's poison). However, immediately after beating Meruem using Kokoriko (symbolizing his imminent death), Komugi and Meruem start one final game together, a game that they never finish. 1-5-1 Black King -> 9-5-1 White Lieutenant General, I believe, or something to that extent. Immediately afterwards, they die together, leaving on the board Meruem's one black piece and Komugi's single white piece, together in Gungi forever. This represents that the two were always united through Gungi, and will continue to be together even after death, undisturbed and united for all eternity. Meruem places his piece down, symbolizing his death, and then Komugi responds by placing her piece down next to his, showing that she is perfectly willing to die at his side.. The black screen/black panels in the manga show that the Rose's poison has made Meruem go blind. That's why he has to keep asking Komugi if she's still there, because he can't see her anymore. This is ironic because his name means "the light that illuminates/shines upon all". He even got some godlike light-related photon-based powers before his death, allowing him to fulfill his name. In addition, as they are playing in the bunker before their deaths, Meruem sees a blinding light radiating from Komugi as she "reverses his reversal", making her "the light that illuminates even the all-powerful light". Despite being far weaker (and blind to boot), her light shined far brighter than his. Then, as he dies, Komugi holds him and feels his head, allowing her to finally "see" or know what his face is like. Thus, as they die, Meruem joins Komugi in blindness as she joins him in death. Meruem can finally see what Komugi has been seeing all along, and knows what it feels like to be blind like her, and Komugi finally knows his face, allowing each to understand the other more as they fade away (the OST used during their death scene is called "Understanding"). Touching, isn't it? Togashi is a mastermind, and this entire story, especially this arc, is a masterpiece, a beautiful work of art, a canvas depicting love, hatred, innocence, corruption, happiness, suffering, loyalty, betrayal, anger, sadness, life, death, malevolence, destruction, resolve, determination, avarice, sacrifice, "true" power, truth, and understanding.

[@arminarlert1953]

Did ever meruem beat komugi?no right?

[@caramelatte.]

I knew this is gonna happen! 😅 u were already becoming emotional seeing him protect komugi from the eagle Been following u for quite sometime but think is this the ugliest cry ive seen u do here 😂 youre usually pretty good at holding back your tears but i guess jjk contributed a bit too lol Dont u worry u are not alone, like others i watched this yrs ago and still makes me cry everytime i watch reactions to it 🥹

[@p3boricua3p]

😅 I fucking love you ❤️

[@YayReacts]

What are you doing here! hahaha Love you!!!